1968–69 Maltese Premier League

The 1968–69 Maltese First Division was the 54th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 8 teams, and Hibernians F.C. won the championship.

Maltese First Division

Season	1968–69
Champions	Hibernians F.C. (3rd title)
Relegated	Birkirkara F.C. St. George's F.C.
European Cup	Hibernians F.C.
European Cup Winners' Cup	Sliema Wanderers F.C.
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Floriana F.C.
Matches played	56
Goals scored	137 (2.45 per match)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hibernians F.C. (C)	14	9	3	2	28	11	+17	21	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Floriana F.C.	14	7	4	3	19	10	+9	18	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Valletta F.C.	14	8	2	4	23	9	+14	18
4	Sliema Wanderers F.C.	14	6	5	3	14	8	+6	17	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup
5	Gzira United	14	8	0	6	21	17	+4	16
6	Hamrun Spartans F.C.	14	3	4	7	10	17	−7	10
7	Birkirkara F.C. (R)	14	3	1	10	13	29	−16	7	Relegation
8	St. George's F.C. (R)	14	2	1	11	9	36	−27	5

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Second Place tie-breaker

With both Floriana and Valletta level on 18 points, a play-off match was conducted to qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Floriana	2–0	Valletta

Results

Home \ Away	BKR	FRN	GŻI	HIB	ĦMR	SLM	STG	VLT
Birkirkara	—	2–2	0–5	0–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–1
Floriana	2–1	—	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–1
Gżira United	1–2	0–2	—	0–3	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–2
Hibernians	4–1	2–5	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–0
Ħamrun Spartans	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	—	0–0	3–1	0–1
Sliema Wanderers	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	2–1
St. George's	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–5
Valletta	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	6–0	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Malta - List of final tables (RSSSF)